21st Dec 2009, 01:06

1985 Ford Crown Victoria Police Car 5.8L from North America

Summary:

Workhorse of a car, great year for Ford engines

Faults:

Since I owned it, nothing has gone wrong. Any problems I had were few and easy to fix, and were with the car before I fixed them. May not want this car for weather below 50 degrees though, the engine idles very high in cold. Plus of course the 11 mpg city is the only real downer.

General Comments:

I've owned a '91 Vic, and 2 '85 Vics... all 5.8L former police cars. These engines are the most reliable I've owned. Easy to handle, steer, etc. It belonged to the Arizona Dept. of Public Safety, and even 20 some years later, drove like a champ. Very fast, and very quiet (AZ muffler) and the body was almost mint.

Sadly, it was totalled by a DUI case. Hated to see it go. It would have made it well over 200k easy.

1985 Ford Crown Victoria from North America

Summary:

Piece of crap car!!! Avoid the trouble!

Faults:

Numerous things have gone wrong with this beast.

General Comments:

This car is such a bucket. I have had multiple Toyota's & never had as many problems as I've had with this. For starters it is the biggest gas hogs ever. Sometimes it doesn't like to start, & most of the time when you turn toward the right it dies. This has proven very scary when trying to get on the freeway. I've almost been run off the road twice because of this.

Oh, & good luck getting it to pass a smog check.

In short, I ABSOLUTELY would tell anyone NOT to buy one of these. Nothing but a 2 TON headache!!

5th Oct 2007, 08:23

If you think your Ford is such a piece of crap at 23 years old, try owning a 23 year old Toyota!!! Now that would be a miracle because you won't find a 23 year old Toyota still on the road, because it's got so many problems that people give up on them, and the cost of fixing a Toyota as opposed to a Ford is double.

The Crown Vic will run forever if it has not been abused, so if the one you have is giving you trouble it's because it has been abused by somebody.

You can run that car over 300k miles with very little cost if taken care of.

The Toyota will not go 300k miles without a substantial amount of costly expense.

So I'm not so sure that I believe that you have had all of those problems with that car as that car is bullet proof. Don't give up on Fords as they are the best American made car on the road.